Radiocarbon dating is quietly rewriting one of humanity’s best known origin stories, shifting the rise of Egypt’s first pharaohs by decades and forcing scholars to rethink how this ancient kingdom ...

New data shows Ice Age hunters used Mezhyrich’s mammoth-bone shelters briefly, highlighting adaptations in a volatile, frigid ...

Betel nut, the seed of the areca palm fruit, is often chewed inside a betel leaf with lime. The practice has been known for its psychoactive effects, including heightened alertness and euphoria.

According to the team, that pine pitch is the first major new clue in over a century. When the boat was built, Denmark itself had few pine forests. While it is possible that the pine pitch made its ...

An ancient woman thought to have hailed from sub-Saharan Africa and therefore to have been the first known Black Briton ...

New research suggests indicates that Scandinavia's oldest known example of a wooden plank boat may have sailed to attack the ...

The Sverris Saga, written in the 12th century, describes King Sverre’s rise to power and his conflict with the Baglers. The ...

The narrative of the first Black Briton has undergone a remarkable transformation thanks to advancements in ancient DNA technology. Initially believed to be a woman from sub-Saharan Africa, recent ...

Archaeologists in Slovakia uncovered at least 85 headless skeletons dating back over 7,000 years, pointing to coordinated ...

Researchers studied fossils, well-preserved remains and even a single fingerprint to solve some of history’s long-standing mysteries this year.

A new analysis of the Hjortspring boat, an ancient wooden plank boat now on display in the National Museum of Denmark, has yielded clues to its potential origin — which has long been considered a ...

The world still holds its secrets. Hidden under wet rocks, in the ocean’s twilight crevices, and in the minutiae of the ...